police using tear gas and watercanon, the government promised tax increases of $4 billion to reduce the deficit. tim friend was at the protest. >> several thousand in kampare and brittany are furious about the ecotax that the president, francis hollande wants to introduce. he's already backtracked slightly. he says he'll suspend it for more talks. but the people here want it scrapped altogether. they say it will jeopardise their livelihoods. brittany has been hit hard by factory closures maybe in the food processing business. they are being undercut by cheap labour elsewhere in the european union. they are angry about germany who is undercutting them. the economy has taken a knock recently, and the focus of the protest has been on this ecotax. just a week ago there were violent clashes with the police, rubber bullets were fired, tear gas fired and the protesters hurled missiles at the police. there were several injuries. a couple of days later the president backtracked. as i say, suspended from further talks. protesters feel they have the initiative, they want him to go further and scrapped. th